Nearly a decade after Geoffrey Hinton predicted AI would replace radiologists, the profession has instead grown, with practitioner numbers projected to rise more than 26% over three decades. About three-quarters of the 1,400 AI-enabled medical devices cleared by the FDA target radiology, ranging from tools that draft reports and flag urgent cases to systems that can spot abnormalities humans miss, such as AI-assisted colonoscopies detecting more polyps than standard procedures.
Apple has quietly launched a new Mac mini powered by its M6 chip, a machine that has become a favorite among users running agentic AI workloads locally. The update comes with another price increase and arrives unexpectedly, just weeks before Apple's anticipated iPhone 18 launch event where a first foldable iPhone is also expected.
Samsung's One UI 9 Beta 6 update for Galaxy S26 devices introduces a new 'Touch and hold for AI select' switch under Display > Edge panels settings. Users had complained that lingering too long while swiping out the Edge Panel would accidentally freeze the screen and launch AI Select. The new toggle lets users turn off that long-press behavior while still keeping AI Select accessible as a shortcut icon in the Edge Panel.
Motorola has announced that its 2027 flagship smartphones will officially support GrapheneOS, a privacy-focused Android alternative. This marks a shift from the current situation where GrapheneOS installation is limited mainly to Google's Pixel devices.
Presentation software company Gamma has acquired Lica, an Accel-backed startup that turned screenshots and recordings into branded marketing videos for e-commerce clients. Lica's co-founders, Priyaa Kalyanaraman and Purvanshi Mehta, will now lead a new design research division inside Gamma focused on visual communication and AI.
Recruiters say white-collar job applicants, including lawyers and bankers, are adding a brief personal hobbies line to their resumes to seem more human amid a competitive hiring market. According to a Wall Street Journal report, more than half of legal candidates placed by one recruiting firm last year included such a line, up sharply from prior years. Recruiters suggest the section be limited to a single line placed at the end of the resume.
Divers have located the remains of HMS Gladiator, a Royal Navy cruiser that split apart and sank in 1908. The wreck was found largely intact, giving researchers new physical evidence about how the vessel broke apart and went down.
Counterfeit versions of retatrutide, an experimental Eli Lilly weight-loss drug not yet submitted for FDA approval, are being sold at spas and on social media despite lacking any regulatory clearance. The drug targets three hormone receptors to suppress appetite and boost calorie burn, with early trial data suggesting significant weight loss, but no legitimate US provider is authorized to prescribe it. ABC Australia reported a case where a counterfeit vial of the drug caused severe liver damage.
Cybersecurity spending is approaching $240 billion globally even as data breach costs hit record levels, creating a widening gap between large enterprises and smaller firms. Small businesses increasingly cannot afford adequate defenses, leaving them exposed to attacks despite their role in larger supply chains.
Dreame, the Chinese vacuum maker turned aspiring tech conglomerate, has reportedly dissolved its automotive division 'Project Starry Sky,' which once had over 1,000 employees and produced a rocket-engine concept car shown in San Francisco. Only a small legal and HR team remains to wind down the unit, after Chinese regulators tightened scrutiny of the $3.4 trillion private fund industry and singled out Dreame's spending.
New CAD-based renders of the Galaxy S27 Ultra, produced by Android Headlines with leaker Steve Hemmerstoffer, show a colored, detailed model built from leaked case-maker measurements. The design departs sharply from the S26 Ultra's vertical camera stack, replacing it with a large, lopsided camera island, while the phone's overall dimensions (about 163.76 x 78.25 x 7.97mm) remain close to this year's model.
Apple released updated Magic Keyboard accessories alongside its new Mac mini and Mac Studio launch, replacing text labels on keys like tab, caps lock, return, shift, and delete with icon-only glyphs. The change mirrors a similar redesign Apple made earlier this year on MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and MacBook Neo keyboards, and also affects Home, Page Up, and Page Down keys on extended keyboards with numeric keypads. Aside from the visual update, the keyboards retain USB-C support and the same layout and functionality as prior models.
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